Identifying external providers

Answer:

It depends mostly on how you defined the scope of the QMS. If you have one QMS that covers your entire company and includes all units around the globe than it wouldn't be considered as an external provider. However, if you defined separate QMSs for each unit of your company that, those other units should be considered as external providers. Another way to bypass this requirement is to exclude the other units of your company form the procedure for control of externally provided processes, products and services. For more information, see: How to control outsourced processes using ISO 9001 https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2015/05/05/how-to-control-outsourced-processes-using-iso-9001/